3.0.0 4920 2023-01-13T04:48:58Z 2023-01-13T04:48:58Z House H HR 2006-03-09 109 hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-03-09T15:03:30Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2006-03-09T15:03:25Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-03-09T15:03:20Z Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to provide regular ethics training for Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner. 109 772 HRES 2006-04-25 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. Related bill CRS Ethics Reform Act of 2006 109 4948 HR 2006-03-14 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 109 2128 S 2006-03-03 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 369. Related bill CRS 2006-03-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2006-03-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2006-03-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2006-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. N L000169 Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2] JIM LEACH R IA 2 2006-03-30 False Congress Administrative fees Bribery Conflict of interests Congressional Record Congressional agencies Congressional committee membership Congressional committees (House) Congressional employees Congressional ethics Congressional investigations Congressional officers Congressional publicity Congressional reorganization Congressional reporting requirements Congressional travel Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Data banks Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Employee training Evidence (Law) Ex-Members of Congress Financial disclosure Fines (Penalties) Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork House Standards of Official Conduct House of Representatives House rules and procedure Judges Labor and Employment Law Licenses Lobbying Members of Congress Misconduct in office Public corruption Science, Technology, Communications Travel costs Congress 00 2006-03-09 Introduced in House 2006-04-11T15:04:40Z Accountability and Transparency in Ethics Act - Establishes as an independent ethics commission within the legislative branch the Investigations Commission to: (1) investigate and report to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Committee) on any alleged violation of law, rule, regulation, or other applicable standard of conduct by a Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives; (2) report to appropriate federal or state authorities, with the approval of the House, any substantial evidence of a violation of any applicable law; and (3) adopt rules affording protections to respondents comparable to those that were provided by rule XI (Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business) of the Rules of the House in effect immediately before the amendments to such rule made by this Act.

Establishes mandatory annual ethics training for Members and House employees.

Amends rule XXV (Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) to require the Committee's advance authorization of a privately-funded trip by any Member, officer, or employee of the House.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) to transfer certain functions of the Clerk of the House to the Committee with respect to filing of lobbyist registrations.

Authorizes the Committee to charge a registration fee.

Requires registered lobbyists to file quarterly instead of semiannual disclosure reports with the Committee in an electronic form.

Requires the Committee to maintain certain lobbying disclosure information in an electronic database, available to the public free of charge over the Internet.

Subjects registered lobbyists, lobbyists employed by an organization registered under the LDA, or the client of such lobbyist or organization to penalties for offering gifts to a Representative in Congress, or any officer or employee of the House, knowing that such gift violates the rules of the House.

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit former Members, officers, or employees of either chamber of Congress, and any employee of any other legislative office of Congress from making lobbying contacts (within one year after such individuals leave office) with any former Member, officer, or employee of either chamber of Congress, and any former employee of any other legislative office of Congress.

]]> Accountability and Transparency in Ethics Act Display Title Accountability and Transparency in Ethics Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to reform the ethics process, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Accountability and Transparency in Ethics Act Introduced in House 2006-03-09T05:00:00Z 2006-03-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.